The life of Benjamin Banneker by Silvio A Bedini(
Book
)16
editions published
between
1971
and
1984
in
English
and held by
1,187 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Originally published by Scribner in 1972 to wide praise and critical acclaim, Silvio Bedini's work remains the definitive
biography of Benjamin Banneker, the self-educated mathematician and astronomer who became America's first black scientist.
Born a free man in Maryland in 1731, he had little formal education but developed a remarkable aptitude for mathematics. He
assisted in surveying the area that was to become the District of Columbia, but his real achievement came with the creation
of almanacs. Through much of the 1790s, his work influenced daily life in Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia.
In 1791 he took up his pen and wrote to Thomas Jefferson, arguing that the treatment of blacks in the young United States
was unwarranted and unfair

Thinkers and tinkers : early American men of science by Silvio A Bedini(
Book
)20
editions published
between
1975
and
1983
in
English and Undetermined
and held by
1,010 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
"This book is not intended to be a comprehensive history of science in the British colonies of North America and the early
years of the new nation, or a catalogue of all maps and charts compiled, surveys executed, or instruments made, or indeed
a listing of the names of all engaged in these activities. It provides at most an overview of how the practical sciences were
required and how they were utilized--with which and for what by whom"--Preface (pg. vii)

Thomas Jefferson : statesman of science by Silvio A Bedini(
Book
)11
editions published
in
1990
in
English and Undetermined
and held by
745 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
This biography follows Jefferson's scientific achievements throughout his entire life, including the establishment of the
Corps of Discovery to map the western territories and the United States Coast Survey to map national coastlines, the training
of military engineers, and the establishment of the University of Virginia

Early American scientific instruments and their makers by Silvio A Bedini(
Book
)2
editions published
in
1964
in
English
and held by
586 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Within recent years fairly exhaustive studies have been made on many aspects on American Science and Technology. To make a
comprehensive study of American scientific instruments and instrument makers in the American Colonies is no simple matter,
partly because of an indifference to the subject in the past, and partly because of the great volume of sources that must
be sifted to accomplish it

The Pope's elephant by Silvio A Bedini(
Book
)20
editions published
between
1997
and
2006
in
English and German
and held by
523 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
"In this tour de force of original scholarship, Silvio Bendini gives us an elephant's-back view of early modern Europe"--Cover

Moon: man's greatest adventure by Davis Thomas(
Book
)7
editions published
between
1970
and
1973
in
English and Undetermined
and held by
493 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide

The life of Benjamin Banneker : the first African-American man of science by Silvio A Bedini(
Book
)6
editions published
between
1998
and
1999
in
English
and held by
343 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Benjamin Banneker, a free, black tobacco planter in Baltimore County in the 1700s, taught himself mathematics and astronomy
late in life, earning a place among early American scientists

Jefferson and science by Silvio A Bedini(
Book
)7
editions published
between
1981
and
2002
in
English and Spanish
and held by
319 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
Description of each exhibit case, its contents, and the didactic material that went with each artifact and segment of the
exhibition

The trail of time = Shih-chien ti tsu-chi : time measurement with incense in East Asia by Silvio A Bedini(
Book
)12
editions published
between
1990
and
2005
in
English
and held by
194 WorldCat member
libraries
worldwide
They served in rituals in Buddhist temples, as replacements for community water clocks in times of drought, as regulators
of the flow of water to farmers for irrigation in agricultural regions, and in palaces and government offices for establishing
time schedules. In China they became a favored feature of the studios of poets and scholars, a practice that continued to
recent times, while in Japan they were also adapted for use in geisha houses